My middle school was very good, Emerson in North Yonkers. Once a nice area just as nice as Scarsdale currently inundated with Muslims and third world country folk!
1. That's the future of this country, whether we like it or not. I have a problem with the Muslims, but the Hindus, Sikhs, and Koreans who are settling all over the NY metro area are an asset in terms of improving test scores.
2. Those third world folks paid top dollar for those houses. They pay in cash too (the advantage to owning all of those cash-driven delis and 99 cent stores I guess).